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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums1965 - Eve of Destruction - just as relevant today as it was then
And even more relevant nowas when this video was made in 2008:
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1965 - Eve of Destruction - just as relevant today as it was then (Original Post)
csziggy
Dec 2016
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Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)1. That song always gives me chills.
Especially the line about "hate your next door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace".
ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)2. Yes... makes me recoil
csziggy
(34,136 posts)3. It's amazing how little things have changed over the last fifty years
And discouraging.
This video is particularly chilling with the images paired with the music. I almost put a warning on the message for those who could be triggered by them.
Charles Bukowski
(1,132 posts)4. Some of the most quietly profound lyrics in the history of rock.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China!
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,
But when your return, it's the same old place.
A simple and devastating condemnation.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)5. Needs to be updated with Trump and Putin